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Hi, I'm Michael Curry
Vice President of product management for application and integration middleware
inside of IBM
Today I'm going to talk to you a little bit about the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is about weaving together the physical and digital worlds
to deliver new value for different types of customer scenarios
The demonstration I'm going to show you today focuses on
a piece of physical equipment in an asset-intensive industry
I'm going to show you how we're going to connect that to
the Internet, to the Cloud, and actually begin to collect data from that
and be able to react to changes in that physical equipment
in a way that helps improve my business results
So let's get into it
In this case we will be using a pump
I'm going to connect the pump into the Cloud
and begin collecting data from the pump
I'll be using IBM Bluemix
our Cloud platform for rapid application development and deployment
Since the Internet of Things always starts with a thing that is connected
I'm going to be starting with this demonstration board
which is a TI Texas Instruments sensor tag
This sensor tag is connected into this BeagleBone board through bluetooth
which is then connected through wifi into the Internet and eventually into the Cloud
This is going to represent my pump
So first I want to register this device into Bluemix
and begin collecting data from it
and what you can see is
I'm viewing a live datafeed from the sensors
You can see as a shake the device
that the data is changing in real time
The red line represents the vibrations
but simply seeing the data is not enough
developers want to build applications around the data
and logic around the data
so for that I'm going to use Bluemix
In Bluemix we've created an Internet of Things boilerplate
that deploys the services I need
to connect, store, and build logic around the Internet of Things
Inside Bluemix I have access to all the other services within the ecosystem
including mobile services, Big Data services,
Watson services, and third-party services
I can use our DevOps tools to quickly
build, test and deploy services,
and embedded device code that leverage the power of Bluemix
As I mentioned at the beginning
this board represents the pump
I want to set up logic to detect when an unusual
vibration pattern occurs in the pump
so I'll use my Bluemix design tool to define this logic
This flow simply collects data from the pump,
runs a predictive maintenance and quality service against the data
which uses big data analytics to predict failures
and then when a failure condition is sensed
it will trigger a work order in our asset management service to dispatch a
repair technician with the right skills,
tools and parts before the failure happens
It will also send a text message through Bluemix Twilio service to my phone
So I'll simply link my predictive maintenance application into the flow and deploy it
and now I'll be using predictive analytics against the realtime data stream
to recognize patterns that would indicate the potential pending failure
In this case we're only looking at three data streams off a single device
to predict health
but in a live scenario we could be monitoring over a hundred simultaneous
sensor readings per device with thousands of devices
PMQ, which is our predictive maintenance and quality service
is using advanced predictive analytic models
to determine the likelihood of failure based on historical and realtime data
You can see now in my realtime datastream that when I simulate the vibration
the predictive analytics recognize that the vibration exceeds the acceptable thresholds
and it's making a recommendation on what I should do
In this case is telling me to inspect and replace the impeller bearing
It's also generating a work order in our asset management system
that will dispatch a repair technician to inspect the pump
and of course I just received the text on my phone
So if I go into my asset management screens I can see the work order
that was just generated for this pump
My Asset Management service acts as a system of record for assets
tracking every asset in my inventory
By connecting it into the Internet of Things
I can associate realtime sensor events to my assets to manage them more efficiently
The power of the Asset Management service
is that the technician has all the information they need
to fix the problem at their fingertips
including detailed data from the sensors,
repair history, repair procedures
and information on spare parts
and special tools that are needed for the repair for this special part
What I showed you was a complete loop
from connecting a device,
to building an application around it in Bluemix,
to harnessing the power of our big data analytics,
to feeding into operational systems a record to dispatch a repair technician
and address a real business challenge for asset-intensive industries
The power of IBM in the Internet of Things
comes when you combine our strengths
in Cloud, data, and engagement
to deliver new types of applications very quickly
across all different industries
You can use our extensive set of tools within Bluemix
to be able to build and prototype new applications
and test huge populations of connected devices
without ever having to connect anything
You can use our big data analytics
to try new types of analytic models,
predictive models, physical analytics,
and even different types of analytics around data streams
You can use our cognitive tools like Watson
to be able to build entirely new types of applications very quickly
that take advantage of cognitive computing and artificial intelligence
And you can tap into our vast ecosystems of partners
and customers that are delivering new innovations into the market
to create new applications and build new partnerships around your data
Only IBM can combine these capabilities together
in a composable framework in a scalable way
that can deliver upon enterprise goals
across all industries and across all geographies
Thank you for your time today
and we look forward to working with you
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